Letter to House Ways and Means Committee on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Letter to House Ways and Means Committee on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

​ACE and nearly 50 other higher education associations sent this letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) on the higher education provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1).

The groups write that this legislation, taken in its entirety, would discourage participation in postsecondary education, make college more expensive for those who do enroll, and undermine the financial stability of public and private, two-year and four-year colleges and universities. According to the Committee on Ways and Means summary, the bill’s provisions would increase the cost to students attending college by more than $65 billion between 2018 and 2027.

Along with ACE, the other associations signing the letter include:

ACPA—College Student Educators International

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)

More on Tax Policy

Congress is poised to take final votes this week on the version of a sweeping tax bill released late Friday by a House-Senate Conference Committee that contains a number of provisions harmful to students and their families and the higher education institutions that serve them.

The bill recognizes the importance of benefits that help millions of middle- and lower-income students and families, but some provisions will still make a higher education more expensive and undermine the financial stability of institutions.

The Senate on Saturday approved its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a bill ACE President Ted Mitchell called “a significant improvement over the measure passed by the House” but still problematic for higher education.

The Senate has approved its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a measure ACE President Ted Mitchell called “a significant improvement over the measure passed by the House” but still problematic for higher education.

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